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your thoughts. >> i do think she's to the right on foreign policy. i think what's going to be really interesting is seeing where she is economically. she's been very savvy about using economic statecraft to advance foreign policy goals for the u.s. it will be interesting to see what she brings to the economic debate because i think that's still going to be a debate in the next election. jobs. how to grow, how to get the country back on track. it will be really interesting to see where it comes off. >> i have you as a feminist, everybody is a feminist right now. it's a good position to be in politically. do you think she will have an unusually high draw among women voters? and that's maybe a dumb question, but could she get up to 65% or 70% of the women voters as opposed to 55%. >> that would be a high number. if anybody can do it, she can. i see her having tremendous strength there, and that's a demographic trend that's already -- that train has left, as we know. so i think she can ride that. >> steve, do you think she could get up to 70% or 65% or 7
your thoughts. >> i do think she's to the right on foreign policy. i think what's going to be really interesting is seeing where she is economically. she's been very savvy about using economic statecraft to advance foreign policy goals for the u.s. it will be interesting to see what she brings to the economic debate because i think that's still going to be a debate in the next election. jobs. how to grow, how to get the country back on track. it will be really interesting to see where it...
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but the economy always gets in the way of foreign policy. about the only piece to foreign policy that made its way to the campaign is first president obama's often repeated claim that he had taken doubt osama bin laden. and the benghazi. there's a coverup going here. something's wrong. it ended up being the wrangled poor susan rice's poor talking points. but even under that one, there was a bigger picture and a bigger december lesson that we can draw, which is the fighting in libya that produced the attack on the american consulate is part of the very long aftermath of what we used to call the arab spring. john kerry said we shouldn't call it that. it's going to take longer than one spring. and the people who did it were not members of the old al-qaeda. they were an off-shoot. they were inspired by al-qaeda. osama isn't there anymore. and that it's -- and the old al-qaeda probably doesn't have the capability to do 9/11 anymore but the problem of extremism is still out there and we have a very long way to go. >> i was going to ask about one t
but the economy always gets in the way of foreign policy. about the only piece to foreign policy that made its way to the campaign is first president obama's often repeated claim that he had taken doubt osama bin laden. and the benghazi. there's a coverup going here. something's wrong. it ended up being the wrangled poor susan rice's poor talking points. but even under that one, there was a bigger picture and a bigger december lesson that we can draw, which is the fighting in libya that...
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we live in an age where things change rapidly politically and economically and in foreign policy. things change. this whole ballgame can change rather rapidly. >> schieffer: let me just ask you something. people may disagree with you but i don't know anyone including me who dauts your sincerity. or who doesn't believe that you believe what you're saying. having said that, why do you think mitt romney is having so much trouble convincing people that he is a conservative? >> well, i don't know exactly why because i think if it comes to gingrich or santorum, they should suffer the same consequences. maybe it's the type of coverage and the image. but i don't think they have been vetted very well because i know them pretty well. their records are far from being conservative. but mitt has been a governor. he's taken these positions. but i think that all of them are rather typical of what's wrong with the country. they don't have firm convictions. of course they've been rewarded. many people are rewarded for saying don't be overly rigid. they're very rigid in flip flopping. well, i might
we live in an age where things change rapidly politically and economically and in foreign policy. things change. this whole ballgame can change rather rapidly. >> schieffer: let me just ask you something. people may disagree with you but i don't know anyone including me who dauts your sincerity. or who doesn't believe that you believe what you're saying. having said that, why do you think mitt romney is having so much trouble convincing people that he is a conservative? >> well, i...
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president obama's policies, 24% blame him for the rising gas prices. but 21%, just 3% fewer, blame republicans. this does not look like a clear-cut case of a political blunder. a lot of people blame republicans. >> why don't we just look at the facts, regardless of how polls reflect what people feel about the oil industry, which is not surprising. the congressional research service, which is not a polling operation, but analyzes objectively legislation, says if you raise taxes on oil production, the price of the gas at the pump goes even higher. this is an absurd suggestion when you've got $4 gasoline. what the president ought to be doing is approving the keystone pipeline. this is this massive private sector project that will bring energy down from our friendly neighbor, canada, to the united states. he's blocking it. what he's got to do is increase public production down here. land within the federal jurisdiction, the price is down 14%. he points, however, to increased production that he had nothing to do with. it's up 96% on state owned land and pri
president obama's policies, 24% blame him for the rising gas prices. but 21%, just 3% fewer, blame republicans. this does not look like a clear-cut case of a political blunder. a lot of people blame republicans. >> why don't we just look at the facts, regardless of how polls reflect what people feel about the oil industry, which is not surprising. the congressional research service, which is not a polling operation, but analyzes objectively legislation, says if you raise taxes on oil...
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he's also a romney campaign foreign policy advisor. so he gets to work for the romney campaign while he works on fox news. in fact, mr. bolten announced his endorsement of mitt romney during an appearance on fox news. the folks at media matters have been tracking the overlap of the analysts. a spokesperson said his joint role as a fox news contributor and advisor is totally okay and super ethical because mr. bolten is not paid by the campaign and he gives foreign policy advice to lots of people. the most amazing example making efficient use of air time is carl rove. he does not work for the romney campaign, but he's the founder of the massive, massive pro-romney anti-obama super pac. and he gets to go on fox news and analyze his own campaign ad. for fox. spoiler alert, he thought his own campaign ad was awesome and totally effective. >> your super pac, american cross roads, this is a super pac. put out a recent video. this aimed at voters that were sold a bill of goods. that's where you're going with than. >> i'm glad you got the messa
he's also a romney campaign foreign policy advisor. so he gets to work for the romney campaign while he works on fox news. in fact, mr. bolten announced his endorsement of mitt romney during an appearance on fox news. the folks at media matters have been tracking the overlap of the analysts. a spokesperson said his joint role as a fox news contributor and advisor is totally okay and super ethical because mr. bolten is not paid by the campaign and he gives foreign policy advice to lots of...
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even he, a man of the center left on foreign policy, on many ways, will have to act. andrea mitchell, thank you, have a nice weekend. we finally got last fall. >>> coming up, other big issue in today's news conference. jobs. what is the president saying today? i'm saying it's time for the president to promote something big. like that commercial where the director want it blow up that ship. i want something big. if you have a do-nothing congress, make them do nothing about something important at least. . and steel. our cloud is the smartest brains combating the latest security threats. it spans oceans, stretches continents. and is scalable as far as the mind can see. our cloud is the cloud other clouds look up to. welcome to the uppernet. right? get. out. exactly! really?! [ mom ] what? shut the front door. right? woop-woop! franklin delano! [ male announcer ] hey! there's oreo creme under that fudge! oreo fudge cremes. indescribably good. [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water
even he, a man of the center left on foreign policy, on many ways, will have to act. andrea mitchell, thank you, have a nice weekend. we finally got last fall. >>> coming up, other big issue in today's news conference. jobs. what is the president saying today? i'm saying it's time for the president to promote something big. like that commercial where the director want it blow up that ship. i want something big. if you have a do-nothing congress, make them do nothing about something...
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policy in many ways will have to act. andrea mitchell, thank you. have a nice weekend, and you, too, david with the weather in d.c. and we finally got last fall. >>> another big issue in the news conference, jobs. what was the president saying today any am saying that it is time for the president to propose something big and like the commercial where the dr director wants to blow up that ship, i want something big. if you have a do nothing congress, make them do nothing about something important at least. this is "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." today president obama argued for congress to pass again finally the american jobs act on the table over there since september of last year. let's listen to the president today. >> last september i sent congress a detailed jobs plan full of the bipartisan ideas that would have put more americans back to work. it had broad support from the american people, it was fully paid for, and if congress had passed it in full, we'd be on track to have a million more americans worki
policy in many ways will have to act. andrea mitchell, thank you. have a nice weekend, and you, too, david with the weather in d.c. and we finally got last fall. >>> another big issue in the news conference, jobs. what was the president saying today any am saying that it is time for the president to propose something big and like the commercial where the dr director wants to blow up that ship, i want something big. if you have a do nothing congress, make them do nothing about something...
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his concern is foreign policy. he doesn't know anything about that. >> what kind of policy does the general want? >> it wants a strong american defense but a non- interventionist foreign policy and no more wars. >> non-interventionist. >> the powell doctrine. >> publicly crit sized romney for going after russia as one of our global enemies. he said let's get real, mitt. he is worried about the takeover of the neocon and he's a nominal republican. >> ruiz mischaracterizing accidentsly or deliberately? i don't know. >> mischaracterizing what? >> the position of romney on russia. >> no, i think i'about russia that you think is venomous. >> the greatest danger to the united states -- [overlapping speakers] >> he's moved away from that. >> stupid statement, he should have taken it back immediately take it back recently? >> he has not taken it back. >> are aware of that? >> yes, i am aware of it. i agree. i think it was a stupid statement without question. but i've had enough exposure to romney and the people around him,
his concern is foreign policy. he doesn't know anything about that. >> what kind of policy does the general want? >> it wants a strong american defense but a non- interventionist foreign policy and no more wars. >> non-interventionist. >> the powell doctrine. >> publicly crit sized romney for going after russia as one of our global enemies. he said let's get real, mitt. he is worried about the takeover of the neocon and he's a nominal republican. >> ruiz...
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that was the basis of the bush foreign policy. wage and entire war based on weapons of mass destruction, ask questions later. today, niep years later, willard is trying to take america back to those days. 17 of romney's foreign policy advisors are from the bush administration. 17. and today, he proudly touted the endorsement of another. security advisor steven hadley. that's what we have to watch. it's not just foreign policy. that's a replay of all those bush years. it's also the economy that's a replay too.ç >> government spending is lowering taxes so small businesses can grow. >> how different is that concept from what was, what were the policies of the bush administration. >> i think it's just up dated. >> the bush policy uppuatdated. what could possibly go wrong? >> the stock index collapsed 40%. the one that cost us 4.4 million jobs in bushes last year in office. i don't think america can afford the same failed policies, and this is the message he is up against. >> i said before thanks to president obama, bin laden is dead
that was the basis of the bush foreign policy. wage and entire war based on weapons of mass destruction, ask questions later. today, niep years later, willard is trying to take america back to those days. 17 of romney's foreign policy advisors are from the bush administration. 17. and today, he proudly touted the endorsement of another. security advisor steven hadley. that's what we have to watch. it's not just foreign policy. that's a replay of all those bush years. it's also the economy...
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thing. >> to me, seriously, that was the -- >> i am being serious, jared. >> yes -- if you look at the foreign policy debate, that was another example to me, again, of mitt romney saying, i can't figure out what the median voter who's going to ultimately decide this thing wants me to say, so i'm going to be all over the map, i'm just going to agree with the president, whatever. same thing on fema. it was something to privatize, to kick to the states. you hit a natural disaster, and there's an obvious role that we just discussed, an efficient economic role for a centralized government, a role by the federal government and he's speechless, doesn't know what to say. >> indeed. thank you, jonathan and jared, please stay with us. but i would like to bring in mike viqueira, who's reporting for us from the white house. we're watching pictures of president obama accompanied by are chris christie, both of whom are about to make a public statement. and mike, the president not only visiting the region this morning, he's also telephoned hospitals in new york, he visited the red cross, he visited fema as w
thing. >> to me, seriously, that was the -- >> i am being serious, jared. >> yes -- if you look at the foreign policy debate, that was another example to me, again, of mitt romney saying, i can't figure out what the median voter who's going to ultimately decide this thing wants me to say, so i'm going to be all over the map, i'm just going to agree with the president, whatever. same thing on fema. it was something to privatize, to kick to the states. you hit a natural...
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but i think we go back to foreign policy in the next year and i think we're going to be writing and thinking and worrying a lot about iran. chris: iran again. yeah. >> the head of the republican party is going to run again for re-election and he will win because despite the failings of the campaign, people are satisfied with him. chris: good for him. i was talking the other day, that's the next woodward biggy. >> he's already printing bumper stickers. >> rock stars get as big a kick out of flying on air force one as everybody else does. bruce springsteen getting out of the motorcade to get on the plane on monday and he looked like a kid in a candy store. chris: did you like the spelling problem with his name the other day? >> what is up with that? i'm so embarrassed. >> chris christie cried when he hugged bruce springsteen. so, the benghazi postmore tells are not over and they're especially not over at the c.i.a. which is looking around the world to see how it can protect its people better and not rely on what proved to be, in the case of benghazi, very shaky militias and irregular forces. c
but i think we go back to foreign policy in the next year and i think we're going to be writing and thinking and worrying a lot about iran. chris: iran again. yeah. >> the head of the republican party is going to run again for re-election and he will win because despite the failings of the campaign, people are satisfied with him. chris: good for him. i was talking the other day, that's the next woodward biggy. >> he's already printing bumper stickers. >> rock stars get as big...
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now moving on to the foreign policy front. worries are percolating again about what iran is up to. israelis are nervous about an apparent iranian nuclear buildup. new economic sanctions are being imposed against iran. and the drama is plague out in the strait of hormuz. a waterway that carries one fifth of the world's oil supply. martha is just back from a new navy destroyer that steamed through the strait this week which is very dramatic. how tense was it there? >> i was on a destroyer, a carrier, back and forth. you have briefings from all sorts of admirals and commanders and the one message they wanted to get out is this is just business as usual. it's not tense here. it's fine. of course the iranian navy will come out and check us out. we're going through this waterway. which makes me believe they're pretty tense. because everybody is saying they're not tense. gwen: protesting. >> protesting a bit too much. exactly. when you go through the straight of hormuz and we've all read about it. it is very dramatic when you go through there. you can see them on one side and way, way off
now moving on to the foreign policy front. worries are percolating again about what iran is up to. israelis are nervous about an apparent iranian nuclear buildup. new economic sanctions are being imposed against iran. and the drama is plague out in the strait of hormuz. a waterway that carries one fifth of the world's oil supply. martha is just back from a new navy destroyer that steamed through the strait this week which is very dramatic. how tense was it there? >> i was on a destroyer,...
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foreign policy and his view on what needs to be done with regard to relations with cuba, with latin america, with europe, with the military. and he took questions from marvin c arkalb. >> you have made this report about a continued strong america and a leadership sponsored by america. how concerned are you, however, because this also comes through in your talk about the rise of the new isolationism. perhaps sponsored by the number of people in your own party. that's why i'm raising it. >> well, i'm not sure that this inward looking tendency has been new. i think as bob points out in my book and many of you have written, it's always been a tendency of america to not want to get engaged in the world if we don't have to, we don't really enjoy getting engaged in politics around the world. but the president's called upon us to do that. that combined with some of the domestic issues we're facing today and the challenges that i outlined lead to the natural tendency to say it's time to look inward again. i remind people that there is no such thing as just an american problem. if every aspect of our
foreign policy and his view on what needs to be done with regard to relations with cuba, with latin america, with europe, with the military. and he took questions from marvin c arkalb. >> you have made this report about a continued strong america and a leadership sponsored by america. how concerned are you, however, because this also comes through in your talk about the rise of the new isolationism. perhaps sponsored by the number of people in your own party. that's why i'm raising it....
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i am not at all persuaded that the success of the syrian revolution would mean that syria's foreign policy would pivot in a western direction and for those who want us to be more deeply involved are arguing, i think that there needs to be more care about that. >> and we are talking to steven heideman about the syrian situation, and we are talking tonight about what the syrian government has and the potential of ke cchemical weapons and can outline if we invoked air strikes what we could face? >> syria has one of the largest armies in the world, considering that it is a country with a population of only 26 million. they are somewhere around 00, 0 00,000 -- 300,000 mens under arms and a conscript army and very large armored capacity with one of the largest numbers of tanks in the world in particular. et has very sophisticated anti-aircraft xcapacity. and it has an air force which is modest and would not pose as much of a threat if we were trying to move toward a no-fly zone than some of the other armaments in the syrian inventory might, but, but what is most important to keep in mind i think
i am not at all persuaded that the success of the syrian revolution would mean that syria's foreign policy would pivot in a western direction and for those who want us to be more deeply involved are arguing, i think that there needs to be more care about that. >> and we are talking to steven heideman about the syrian situation, and we are talking tonight about what the syrian government has and the potential of ke cchemical weapons and can outline if we invoked air strikes what we could...
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issues, such as the economy, workplace policy, foreign policy, and more. it appears that president obama and governor romney will provide the american public with a constructive contrast since 1984, if not 1964. each week, we will take a look at these flashes of idea in policy and an in depth look in each candidate's vision for america and a broad range of public policy issues that are destined to help shape and define this election cycle. we also have live events like this one looking at each candidate's position, how they have the ball, shifted and changed at of the republican national convention and the democratic convention in august and september, respectively. we invite you to join a secure in each city. we are able to gather this morning due to the generous underwriting support of the human resources -- the society of human resource management. the leadership stall the value in it. thank you to bob carr, mike taken, and the entire team at shrm for partnering with us on this. beginning with bob carr, he formally served there as the chief human resour
issues, such as the economy, workplace policy, foreign policy, and more. it appears that president obama and governor romney will provide the american public with a constructive contrast since 1984, if not 1964. each week, we will take a look at these flashes of idea in policy and an in depth look in each candidate's vision for america and a broad range of public policy issues that are destined to help shape and define this election cycle. we also have live events like this one looking at each...
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be. >> my foreign policy has three fundamental branches. first, confidence in our cause. a recognition that the principles america was based upon are not something we shrink from or apologize for. that we stand for those principles. the second is clarity in our purpose which is that when we have a foreign policy objective, we describe it honestly and clearly to the american people, to congress, and to the people of the world. and number three is resolve in our might. that in those rare circumstances, those rare circumstances where we decide it's essential for us to apply military might, that we do so with overwhelming force, that we do so in the clarity of a mission, understanding the nature of the u.s. interest involved, understanding when the mission would be complete, what would be left when it is -- what will be left behind us when that mission has been terminated. >> governor romney basically said there that his foreign policy is america is awesome. and it needs to be confident in how awesome it is, clear in communicating its general a
be. >> my foreign policy has three fundamental branches. first, confidence in our cause. a recognition that the principles america was based upon are not something we shrink from or apologize for. that we stand for those principles. the second is clarity in our purpose which is that when we have a foreign policy objective, we describe it honestly and clearly to the american people, to congress, and to the people of the world. and number three is resolve in our might. that in those rare...
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this has been a central part of the foreign policy of the united states, especially i think in terms of its focus since we came into office and, again, this is a daily effort that we pursue relentlessly against al qaeda. with respect to iran, we fully expect france to be a good ally going forward. again, the government in france has only been in place for a day or so, so we haven't had the kind of detailed discussions that we will have with them beginning tomorrow, although we did have some of our team go over at the end of last week and begin discussions. i expect that we'll have good support from france on the iran issue. i expect that we'll have good support from france on the p-5 plus 1 issues going forward as well as on a range of other issues. now, you know, we'll have to work through other issues. the stances that president hollande took during the course of his campaign, obviously he intends to keep as president, but i at this point, frankly, see a good relationship building between us already. >> tom donilon is the national security adviser briefing reporters in the white ho
this has been a central part of the foreign policy of the united states, especially i think in terms of its focus since we came into office and, again, this is a daily effort that we pursue relentlessly against al qaeda. with respect to iran, we fully expect france to be a good ally going forward. again, the government in france has only been in place for a day or so, so we haven't had the kind of detailed discussions that we will have with them beginning tomorrow, although we did have some of...
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we'll stumble along and the economy will stumble along and, i think we will have big foreign policy challenges an crises with respect to iran, afghanistan, syria, and i think that will be the dominant preoccupation of the year. >> chris: when it comes to iran which i know, is still a preoccupation of yours, a year from now will we talk about the diplomatic deal that has been accomplished, military action taken or the fact we are still then same mess. >> i think the military action that will have been taken. >> chris: by us or israel. >> i don't know. >> chris: well that is enough. there you go. senator bayh. >> believe it or tho not, the election is over but another one is always about to begin and i think you will see the vice president, probably making trips, at some point in the first half of the year to places like iowa and new hampshire, just to pick states at random, because he would like to set the stage for the next -- winning the democratic presidential nomination, in four years, of course the party is going to wait and see what hillary clinton wants to do, if she died not
we'll stumble along and the economy will stumble along and, i think we will have big foreign policy challenges an crises with respect to iran, afghanistan, syria, and i think that will be the dominant preoccupation of the year. >> chris: when it comes to iran which i know, is still a preoccupation of yours, a year from now will we talk about the diplomatic deal that has been accomplished, military action taken or the fact we are still then same mess. >> i think the military action...
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he doesn't have rhetoric or record on foreign policy. in some ways if you look at his approach of foreign policy there's not much daylight of what he says he would do and what obama's doing and what he does is rely on this sort of rhetoric that we saw from that statement last night and that he doubled down on today. >> mentioned the statement, bob sherm sherman. this is romney's initial statement regarding the situation in libya. released last night. it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on the diplomatic missions but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks. the obama campaign said it was shocking that the romney campaign launching a political attack in the wake of this tragedy. she alluded to this. doesn't mitt romney as the republican nominee who caught flack, of course, for not mentioning afghanistan in the rnc speech, the man who's facing an incumbent and scores fairly well on matters of foreign policy, doesn't he have to try to appear aggressive and talk about what he would
he doesn't have rhetoric or record on foreign policy. in some ways if you look at his approach of foreign policy there's not much daylight of what he says he would do and what obama's doing and what he does is rely on this sort of rhetoric that we saw from that statement last night and that he doubled down on today. >> mentioned the statement, bob sherm sherman. this is romney's initial statement regarding the situation in libya. released last night. it's disgraceful that the obama...
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is that a bit too much of a challenge for mitt romney on foreign policy specifically? >> he understands that a lot of mr. romney's thinking goes on amongst the people that run his campaign, not necessarily in mitt romney's mind, but it is wonderful to see this exchange. it let's you see, one, that general powell is not going to be sort of caught up in the politics and this is part of the reason why he got out of politics a little bit early, and part of the reason why he has never heeded the calls to run for president is because he doesn't want to deal in the politics of distraction. >> karen, i have to ask you, the last time around colin powell, general powell, endorsed the president, president or then senator obama, and which way do you think he will go this time around? >> well, he said that he is going to hold out it sounds like waiting to see who mr. romney chooses as the running mate. >> i wondered if that was the case, too. >> i think he said as a republican he owes that to his party and i respect that greatly. my gut says that he will likely endorse president ob
is that a bit too much of a challenge for mitt romney on foreign policy specifically? >> he understands that a lot of mr. romney's thinking goes on amongst the people that run his campaign, not necessarily in mitt romney's mind, but it is wonderful to see this exchange. it let's you see, one, that general powell is not going to be sort of caught up in the politics and this is part of the reason why he got out of politics a little bit early, and part of the reason why he has never heeded...
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>> the president has the ability to set foreign policy and can do things and fire people who are his aids and essentially these people are. but what really needs to happen there are two things going on. there is the mal fees san in libya he was smoking something saying probably everything was done right when everything was done wrong. we have the political scandal in washington. we have a cover up that is not being addressed. the house of representatives needs to do is use the power of the purse. congress needs to withhold funds from the executive branch or threaten to do so in order to get them to respond. the bureau of diplomatic security had a budget of 200 million in 1988. that is $1.8 billion. that's not that these people don't have money it's that they don't have the skill and politic political direction that they should do. >> at least they should have some protection to comply with the physical standards as to how these missions should be protected. you play a game where you say they are over here they are out the door when they really moved down the hall is just shocking. it
>> the president has the ability to set foreign policy and can do things and fire people who are his aids and essentially these people are. but what really needs to happen there are two things going on. there is the mal fees san in libya he was smoking something saying probably everything was done right when everything was done wrong. we have the political scandal in washington. we have a cover up that is not being addressed. the house of representatives needs to do is use the power of...
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is president obama dealing with a full fledged foreign policy crisis? sure looks like it this morning. froefts in the arab world linked to an amateur film denouncing islam fueling the demonstrations. hundreds stormed the u.s. embassy grounds in sanaa breaking through an outer perimeter, smashing windows of the security offices outside the embassy and burning cars. security guards tried to hold them off by firing into the air and protesters were unable to break in to the main embassy compound. according to a senior administration official, there has been good cooperation from the yemen government which is condemned the attacks and is working with the united states to maintain order and protect embassy facilities and the people inside. >>> meanwhile, the u.s. has dispatched two war ships, armed with cruise missiles, closer to the libyan coast. the defense department says this is just a precautionary step. but 50 u.s. marines have also been dispatched to help guard the embassy in tripoli but there's still more questions than answers on what happened in ben
is president obama dealing with a full fledged foreign policy crisis? sure looks like it this morning. froefts in the arab world linked to an amateur film denouncing islam fueling the demonstrations. hundreds stormed the u.s. embassy grounds in sanaa breaking through an outer perimeter, smashing windows of the security offices outside the embassy and burning cars. security guards tried to hold them off by firing into the air and protesters were unable to break in to the main embassy compound....